Podcast Summarizer

Summarize podcast episodes from Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or RSS feeds. Extracts transcripts and generates summaries.

Summarize podcast episodes from various platforms.

Supported Platforms

• Spotify (via page scraping + RSS lookup)
• Apple Podcasts
• Direct RSS/MP3 URLs

Usage

# Summarize a Spotify episode
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/summarize_podcast.py "https://open.spotify.com/episode/xxx"

# Summarize from RSS feed
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/summarize_podcast.py "https://example.com/feed.xml" --episode 1

# Summarize from direct MP3
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/summarize_podcast.py "https://example.com/episode.mp3"

Options

• --language zh - Specify language for transcription (default: auto)
• --length short|medium|long - Summary length
• --transcript-only - Output transcript without summary
• --output FILE - Save to file

Requirements

• whisper CLI for transcription
• OPENAI_API_KEY or GEMINI_API_KEY for summarization

How it works

1. Spotify/Apple: Scrapes episode info, finds RSS feed, downloads audio
2. RSS: Parses feed, downloads episode audio
3. MP3: Downloads directly
4. Transcribe: Uses Whisper for speech-to-text
5. Summarize: Uses LLM to generate structured summary

Notes

• Spotify doesn't provide direct audio access; we try to find the original RSS feed
• For best results, use the podcast's RSS feed directly
• SoundOn podcasts can often be accessed via their RSS feeds

SoundOn Podcasts (台灣)

SoundOn 是台灣主要的 Podcast 託管平台。RSS feed 格式：

https://feeds.soundon.fm/podcasts/{podcast-id}/soundon.xml

找到 RSS feed 的方法：

1. 去 player.soundon.fm 搜尋節目
2. URL 中的 feed_url 參數是 base64 編碼的 RSS URL
3. 解碼後可取得完整的 RSS feed

音檔 URL 格式：

https://rss.soundon.fm/rssf/{podcast-id}/feedurl/{episode-id}/rssFileVip.mp3

Example: 藝視 Art.Market

# RSS Feed
https://feeds.soundon.fm/podcasts/5c1bdcf0-8ef0-4342-a82e-8803ff85f10c/soundon.xml

# 下載並轉錄最新一集
curl -o episode.mp3 "https://rss.soundon.fm/rssf/5c1bdcf0-8ef0-4342-a82e-8803ff85f10c/feedurl/{episode-id}/rssFileVip.mp3"
whisper episode.mp3 --language zh --model small